HOW TO: Configure Windows 2000 Subnets (269098)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q269098

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure one or more subnets in Windows 2000.

If you have more than one site on a Windows 2000 domain, you need to configure one or more subnets, depending on your infrastructure.

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Creating a Subnet

  1. Open up the Active Directory Sites and Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
  2. Double-click the sites container.
  3. Right-click the subnets container.
  4. Click New Subnet.
  5. Type the Internet Protocol (IP) address and mask for that you are going to use.
  6. Select a site object for this subnet.
  7. Click OK.

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REFERENCES

For additional information about Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) addresses and configuring a subnet, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

142863 Valid IP Addressing for a Private Network

164015 Understanding TCP/IP Addressing and Subnetting Basics

You can also download the "Microsoft Windows 2000 TCP/IP Implementation Details" whitepaper from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/deploy/depovg/tcpip2k.mspx


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